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Architect Lauri Silvennoinen was one of the pioneers of prefabricated construction in Finland.

He is best known as one of the designers of the viewing area of Helsinki’s Pihlajamäki (1959-1965). Pihlajamäki was the first Finnish residential suburb, built with full-element technology. Today, the area is protected in the site plan.

Architecture Museum have Lauri Silvennoinen’s archive donated by relatives in 1986.

ref: https://www.mfa.fi/kokoelmat/arkkitehdit/lauri-silvennoinen/

Buildings:

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§ Index of Architects An Index of all Architects mentioned on the site. Architects and Architectural firms are on the same list. 08014 Arquitectura Alvar Aalto Pihlajamäki Housing Estate The first use of prefabrication in Finland Aerial view in 1970, Pihlajamäki Residential Area (© Museum of Finnish Architecture) The Post-war baby Helsinki Brutalism There is something I find beautiful about the Brutalist style. The use of materials and sculptural forms gives brutalist buildings a kind of quality